FIX: VB5 DBCombo May Display Wrong Column for RDC 1.0

ID: Q171797

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0
Microsoft Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition 97

SYMPTOMS

When the DBCombo that ships with Visual Basic 5.0 is used in conjunction with the RemoteData control that ships with Visual Basic 4.0 Enterprise Edition, the DBCombo may not display the correct column.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where,and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

The problem occurs when the ListField and BoundColumn properties of the DBCombo differ.

This bug may cause problems in Visual Basic 4.0 applications because the DBCombo that ships with Visual Basic 5.0 has the same filename.

The problem does not occur when the DBCombo that ships with Visual Basic 5.0 is used in conjunction with the RemoteData control that ships with Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpVBDB VB4WIN kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug